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Very egg-zacting artwork. Irene Sirant concentrates on the art of making pysankas - Ukrainian Easter eggs - at a demonstration yesterday at the Ontari(...)

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Very egg-zacting artwork. Irene Sirant concentrates on the art of making pysankas - Ukrainian Easter eggs - at a demonstration yesterday at the Ontari(...)

Date4/2/1988

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Loek, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Very egg-zacting artwork. Irene Sirant concentrates on the art of making pysankas - Ukrainian Easter eggs - at a demonstration yesterday at the Ontario Science Centre's Egg Festival. Plant; animal and geometric designs are applied to the eggs in this craft; passed down from mother to daughter through the generations.

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